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In this September 2013 photo, a technician operates a machine at Elite Diagnostics Limited in Kingston.
December 12, 2025

Elite grows profit amid debt financing

Elite Diagnostics Limited, a provider of medical scanning services, posted net profit of $32 million, or nine cents per share, for the year ending June, a 22 per cent increase driven by steady growth…
Business
December 12, 2025

R.A. Williams chalks up first-quarter loss

R.A. Williams Distributors Limited made a net loss of $1.9 million for the first quarter ended July, reversing a profit of $24 million for the same period last year. The company attributed the…
Managing Director of JN Bank, Leesa Kow.
December 12, 2025 by Steven Jackson

JN Bank overcomes ‘close call’ to grow capital and profit

JN Bank Limited met tougher regulatory capital requirements in its 2025 financial year ending March, while also posting higher pre-tax profit and fewer impairment losses, its newly released financial…
The Intel logo is displayed in Santa Clara, California.
December 12, 2025

Nvidia to invest US$5b in Intel

Nvidia, the world’s leading chipmaker, announced on Thursday that it’s investing US$5 billion in Intel and will collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company. The two companies will team up to…
Business
December 12, 2025

CPJ shuffles leadership

Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited, CPJ, will have a new interim boss at month-end, and has eliminatea a management position, as the new owner eyes further expansion. Juan Baez will step in as…
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank.
December 12, 2025

ECB leaves interest rates unchanged

The European Central Bank, ECB, left interest rates unchanged on Thursday with inflation back under control and the economy weathering Trump’s tariff onslaught better than expected. The bank’s…
Business
December 12, 2025 by Steven Jackson

Inflation keeps falling but businesses continue to bet on rising prices

Jamaican businesses are bracing for a potential uptick in prices, despite falling annual inflation, which was estimated at 1.2 per cent in August, one of the lowest levels in recent years.…
Graphic of Hambani Estate development by First Rock.
December 12, 2025

First Rock gets Mayberry’s help on Hambani

First Rock Real Estate Investment Limited and its subsidiary FCH Jamaica Developers Limited has settled their debt with Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited, utilising the proceeds of a corporate note…
Mustafa Suleyman
December 12, 2025

Mustafa Suleyman | Seemingly conscious AI is coming

My life’s mission has been to create safe, beneficial AI that will make the world a better place. But recently, I’ve been increasingly concerned about people starting to believe so strongly in AIs as…